PvE Retribution Paladin
Stat Priority
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Equipment will be the main source of your character’s power, contributing the biggest bulk of your stats. It is therefore very important that you choose the correct equipment for each slot — commonly referred to as “best in slot” equipment – to maximize your power.
This section of the guide will be divided into two parts: the first part of the section will have a simple BiS list. The second part of the section will have the best items along with all possible alternatives and extended explanations for their use.
As we currently are not aware of how Blizzard will implement Heroic+ Dungeons in Cataclysm Classic, we will only display the known versions of the items from their original format back from Cataclysm Retail.
This list is a current WIP until further information regarding item changes becomes available!
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- Pre-Raid
- Phase 1
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Progressive Best in Slot
- Phase 1
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades | Engineering Only |
Heroic Anomuran Helm | Throne of the Tides – Heroic Erunak Stonepeaker & Mindbreaker Ghur’sha |
Helm of Easeful Death | 2200 Justice Points |
Heroic Stonemason’s Helm | The Deadmines – Heroic Vanessa VanCleef |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Reinforced Sapphirum Helmet | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Nefarian (Crown of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Reinforced Sapphirum Helmet | Blackwing Descent – Nefarian (Helm of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades | Engineering Only |
Heroic Dragon Bone Warhelm | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Maloriak |
Heroic Helm of Maddening Whispers | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Cho’gall |
Dragon Bone Warhelm | Blackwing Descent – Maloriak |
Helm of Maddening Whispers | The Bastion of Twilight – Cho’gall |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Buc-Zakai Choker | World Drop– BoE |
Gift of Nadun | Ramkahen – Exalted Rep |
Heroic Seedling Pod | Halls of Origination – Heroic Ammunae, Construct of Life |
Pendant of Quiet Death | 1250 Justice Points |
Heroic Red Sky Pendant | The Vortex Pinnacle – Heroic Grand Vizier Ertan |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Rage of Ages | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Nefarian |
Rage of Ages | Blackwing Descent – Nefarian |
Buc-Zakai Choker | World Drop– BoE |
Gift of Nadun | Ramkahen – Exalted Rep |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Pauldrons of the High Requiem | 1650 Justice Points |
Heroic Raz’s Pauldrons | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Ascendant Lord Obsidius |
Heroic Missing Diplomat’s Pauldrons | The Deadmines – Heroic Glubtok |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Reinforced Sapphirum Shoulders | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Cho’gall (Shoulders of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Reinforced Sapphirum Shoulders | The Bastion of Twilight – Cho’gall (Mantle of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Heroic Pauldrons of the Great Ettin | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Halfus Wyrmbreaker |
Pauldrons of the Great Ettin | The Bastion of Twilight – Halfus Wyrmbreaker |
Pauldrons of the High Requiem | 1650 Justice Points |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Drape of Inimitable Fate | World Drop – BoE |
Heroic Burned Gatherings | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Karsh Steelbender |
Heroic Geordan’s Cloak | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Heroic Siamat |
Heroic Shadow of the Past | The Deadmines – Heroic Giubtok |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Glittering Epidermis | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Ascendant Council |
Glittering Epidermis | The Bastion of Twilight – Ascendant Council |
Floating Web | 1250 Valor Points |
Drape of Inimitable Fate | World Drop – BoE |
Heroic Burned Gatherings | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Karsh Steelbender |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Elementium Deathplate | Blacksmithing – Plans: Elementium Deathplate |
Heroic Phantom Armor | Shadowfang Keep – Heroic Lord Walden |
Heroic Breastplate of the Risen Land | Halls of Origination – Heroic Earthrager Ptah |
Heroic Lord Walden’s Breastplate | Shadowfang Keep – Heroic Lord Godfrey |
Breastplate of Raging Fury | 2200 Justice Points |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Battleplate of Ancient Kings | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Atramedes |
Heroic Reinforced Sapphirum Battleplate | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Halfus Wyrmbreaker (Chest of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Battleplate of Ancient Kings | Blackwing Descent – Atramedes |
Elementium Deathplate | Blacksmithing – Plans: Elementium Deathplate |
Reinforced Sapphirum Battleplate | 2200 Valor Points |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Heroic Alpha Bracers | Halls of Origination – Heroic Anraphet |
Terborus’s Rotating Bands | Terborus – BoE |
Alpha Bracers | Halls of Origination – Anraphet |
Heroic Bracers of Cooled Anger | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Karsh Steelbender |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Bracers of the Mat’redor | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Sinestra |
Heroic Electron Inductor Coils | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Omnitron Defense System |
Electron Inductor Coils | Blackwing Descent – Omnitron Defense System |
Heroic Alpha Bracers | Halls of Origination – Heroic Anraphet |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Heroic Gear-Marked Gauntlets | The Deadmines – Heroic Helix Gearbreaker |
Heroic Hematite Plate Gloves | The Stonecore – Heroic Slabhide |
Endwyn’s Flickering Gauntlets | World Drop – BoE |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Reinforced Sapphirum Gauntlets | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Magmaw (Gauntlets of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Heroic Plated Fists of Provocation | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Chimaeron |
Reinforced Sapphirum Gauntlets | 1650 Valor Points |
Heroic Gravitational Pull | The Bastion of Twilight –Heroic Ascendant Council |
Plated Fists of Provocation | Blackwing Descent – Chimaeron |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Elementium Girdle of Pain | Blacksmithing – Plans: Elementium Girdle of Pain |
Belt of the Ferocious Wolf | Guardians of Hyjal – Exalted |
Beech Green Belt | 1650 Justice Points |
Garr’s Girdle of Memories | Mount Hyjal – Garr (BoE) |
Heroic Belt of the Forgemaster | Grim Batol – Heroic Forgemaster Throngus |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Belt of Absolute Zero | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Maloriak |
Belt of Absolute Zero | Blackwing Descent – Maloriak |
Elementium Girdle of Pain | Blacksmithing – Plans: Elementium Girdle of Pain |
Belt of the Ferocious Wolf | Guardians of Hyjal – Exalted |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Corefire Legplates | World Drop – BoE |
Heroic Legguards of the Winnowing Wind | The Vortex Pinnacle – Heroic Asaad, Caliph of Zephrys |
Redsteel Legguards | Blacksmithing – Trainer |
Legguards of the Winnowing Wind | The Vortex Pinnacle – Asaad, Caliph of Zephrys |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Reinforced Sapphirum Legplates | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Maloriak (Leggings of the Forlorn Conqueror) |
Heroic Terrastra’s Legguards | The Bastion of Twilight – – Heroic Ascendant Council |
Reinforced Sapphirum Legplates | 2200 Valor Points |
Corefire Legplates | World Drop – BoE |
Terrastra’s Legguards | The Bastion of Twilight – – Ascendant Council |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Waywatcher’s Boots | Guardians of Hyjal – Revered |
Heroic Greaves of Wu the Elder | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Heroic General Husam |
Greaves of Wu the Elder | Lost City of the Tol’vir – General Husam |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Massacre Treads | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Chimaeron |
Massacre Treads | Blackwing Descent – Chimaeron |
Treads of Savage Beatings | Blackwing Descent – Thrash Mobs |
Woe Breeder’s Boots | 1650 Valor Points |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Blauvelt’s Family Crest | World Drop – BoE |
Heroic Skyshard Ring | The Vortex Pinnacle – Heroic Altairus |
Heroic Ring of the Darkest Day | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Heroic High Prophet Barim |
Heroic Signet of Transformation | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Corla, Herald of Twilight |
Heroic Nova Band | Halls of Origination – Heroic Isiset, Construct of Magic |
Heroic Circle of Bone | Grim Batol – Heroic Erudax, the Duke of Below |
Skyshard Ring | The Vortex Pinnacle – Altairus |
Ring of the Darkest Day | Lost City of the Tol’vir – High Prophet Barim |
Signet of Transformation | Blackrock Caverns – Corla, Herald of Twilight |
Nova Band | Halls of Origination – Isiset, Construct of Magic |
Circle of Bone | Grim Batol – Erudax, the Duke of Below |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Dargonax’s Signet | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Sinestra |
Heroic Ring of Rivalry | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Theralion and Valiona |
Ring of Rivalry | The Bastion of Twilight – Theralion and Valiona |
Blauvelt’s Family Crest | World Drop – BoE |
Band of Bees | 1250 Valor Points |
Heroic Skyshard Ring | The Vortex Pinnacle – Heroic Altairus |
Heroic Ring of the Darkest Day | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Heroic High Prophet Barim |
Heroic Signet of Transformation | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Corla, Herald of Twilight |
Heroic Nova Band | Halls of Origination – Heroic Isiset, Construct of Magic |
Heroic Circle of Bone | Grim Batol – Heroic Erudax, the Duke of Below |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Fury of Angerforge | Blackwing Descent – Trash Mobs (BoE) |
Darkmoon Card: Hurricane | Darkmoon Faire– Darkmoon Nobles Deck |
Impatience of Youth | Baradin’s Wardens/Hellscream’s Reach – Exalted Rep + 125 Tol Barad Commendations |
Heroic Mark of Khardos | Grim Batol – Heroic Erudax, the Duke of Below |
Heroic Heart of Solace | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Heroic Lockmaw |
Heart of Solace | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Lockmaw |
Mark of Khardos | Grim Batol – Erudax, the Duke of Below |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Heart of Rage | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Chimaeron |
Heroic Crushing Weight | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Ascendant Council |
Heart of Rage | Blackwing Descent – Chimaeron |
Fury of Angerforge | Blackwing Descent – Trash Mobs (BoE) |
Crushing Weight | The Bastion of Twilight – Ascendant Council |
Darkmoon Card: Hurricane | Darkmoon Faire– Darkmoon Nobles Deck |
Heroic Mark of Khardos | Grim Batol – Heroic Erudax, the Duke of Below |
Heroic Heart of Solace | Lost City of the Tol’vir – Heroic Lockmaw |
Heroic Essence of the Cyclone | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Halfus Wyrmbreaker |
Heroic Prestor’s Talisman of Machination | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Nefarion |
Essence of the Cyclone | The Bastion of Twilight – Halfus Wyrmbreaker |
Prestor’s Talisman of Machination | Blackwing Descent – Nefarion |
Unheeded Warning | The Bastion of Twilight – Trash Mobs |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Zin’rokh, Destroyer of Worlds | Archaeology – Troll Artifacts Reward |
Blade of the Fearless | Baradin’s Wardens/Hellscream’s Reach – Revered Rep + 85 Tol Barad Commendations |
Heroic Sword of the Bottomless Pit | The Stonecore – Heroic Ozruk |
Forged Elementium Mindcrusher | Blacksmithing – Plans: Forged Elementium Mindcrusher |
Heroic Foe Reaper | The Deadmines – Heroic Foe Reaper 5000 |
Heroic Arced War Axe | Shadowfang Keep – Heroic Commander Springvale |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Heroic Reclaimed Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Nefarian |
Heroic Akirus the Worm-Breaker | Blackwing Descent – Heroic Maloriak |
Heroic Shalug’doom, the Axe of Unmaking | The Bastion of Twilight – Heroic Cho’gall |
Reclaimed Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood | Blackwing Descent – Nefarian |
Zin’rokh, Destroyer of Worlds | Archaeology – Troll Artifacts Reward |
Akirus the Worm-Breaker | Blackwing Descent – Maloriak |
Shalug’doom, the Axe of Unmaking | The Bastion of Twilight – Cho’gall |
Pre-Raid
Item | Source |
Heroic Relic of Arathor | Shadowfang Keep – Heroic Lord Godfrey |
Heroic Sandshift Relic | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Ascendant Lord Obsidius |
Sandshift Relic | Blackrock Caverns – Ascendant Lord Obsidius |
Best-in-Slot
Item | Source |
Relic of Aggramar | 700 Valor Points |
Heroic Relic of Arathor | Shadowfang Keep – Heroic Lord Godfrey |
Heroic Sandshift Relic | Blackrock Caverns – Heroic Ascendant Lord Obsidius |
